Ghadames Weather in January
Ghadames in January
The short of it: Ghadames in January averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 10 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 5° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 10 h 24 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: February & November
Thirty years of records give Ghadames an average January high of 18°, a low of 5° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Ghadames's coldest stretch of the year, 18° by day and 5° by night. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 24 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and November.
Against its neighbours, Ghadames runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Nālūt, 239 km to the NE, is 3° cooler by day.
January in Ghadames, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NālūtNalut | 239 km NE | 15° | 6° | 16 mm |
| KābāwNalut | 258 km NE | 15° | 5° | 25 mm |
| TījīNalut | 274 km NE | 17° | 6° | 20 mm |
| Ar-RaḥaībātJabal al Gharbi | 293 km NE | 14° | 4° | 35 mm |
| JādūJabal al Gharbi | 315 km NE | 14° | 4° | 43 mm |
| TataouineTataouine | 324 km NNE | 16° | 6° | 22 mm |
| ZintanJabal al Gharbi | 330 km NE | 14° | 4° | 46 mm |
| GhomrassenTataouine | 335 km NNE | 16° | 6° | 23 mm |